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Building firm handed £900k fine for bricklayer’s fatal head injuries, Bournemouth Crown Court
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Building firm handed £900k fine for bricklayer’s fatal head injuries
Two waste companies guilty of failing to protect workers from dangerous machinery
Personal injury
Two waste companies guilty of failing to protect workers from dangerous machinery
£150,000 fine after roofer falls while fixing leaky roof, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Personal injury
£150,000 fine after roofer falls while fixing leaky roof

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Asbestos
Industry bodies launch asbestos skills certification

Asbestos professionals in the UK have joined forces to launch a certification card so that workers can prove they are qualified to handle the material.

Electricity
DB Cargo fined £2.7m for failing to secure marshalling yard

DB Cargo (UK) has been fined £2.7m after a boy of 13 sustained life-changing injuries while playing on the company’s railway marshalling land in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. 

Personal protective equipment
Occupational health standards need to be spread through construction industry

New research has revealed the need for occupational health standards to be “trickled down” through the construction industry to match improvements in safety criteria. 

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PPE special: Time to reflect

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Corporate governance
Workplace fatalities
Death on the job

What should safety professionals and their organisation do if an employee dies at work?
Absence reduction
Health and wellbeing
Table talk: Key stressors

Four experts discuss how employers can best support employee health and wellbeing, how to measure the success of interventions and the pitfalls to avoid.
Absence reduction
Wellness programmes
Head start

Businesses can take positive steps to support staff with mental health issues.

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Alison Thewliss MP, Chair, APPG on Working at Height
Alison Thewliss, MP
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the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Working at Height’s new report, 'Staying Alive'
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Louise Hosking
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the broader lessons from International Women’s Day

Products and services

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Mental health
Mental health insights, Fools set stools for wise men to stumble over
Robert Gordon University (RGU) offers an online MSc Health Safety and Risk Management-course accredited by IOSH
Qualifications
How to enhance your health and safety career at RGU
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Safety barrier experts, A-SAFE, named Manufacturer of the Year

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Qualifications
RRC now in Scandinavia

RRC is pleased to announce our latest collaborative partnership with Arbetsmiljökonsult Evangelia Mitilinou AB; a Swedish based environmental, health and safety service provider delivering high quality services throughout Scandinavia.

Human factors safety critical task analysis training

A two-day course addressing human factors issues in COMAH safety reports and teaching delegates how to carry out human factors safety critical task reviews. Running on 23-24 May 2019 and 25-26 November 2019 in London.
Free seminars: Learn best practice on COSHH compliance and chemical safety

Seminars from Chemdoc provide comprehensive information on COSHH legislation regarding handling and documentation of chemicals, COSHH compliance and practical information to help you work safer and more effectively.

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